Presenting raging tunes of a brutal blended sound featuring reckless metal marks and punk rock-inspired strains,
Evergreen Terrace delivers their own particular melodic vision of the hardcore style. Forming in Jacksonville, FL, in 1999,
Evergreen Terrace joined the efforts of a five-piece set, fronted by
Andrew Carey (vocals) and completed with
Craig Chaney (guitar, vocals),
Joshua James (guitar),
Jason Southwell (bass), and
Christopher Brown (drums). Only months after forming, the band released its first demo EP, Broken, giving them considerable notice within the local music scene. During the following year,
Terrace independently issued yet another EP, a split disc with Cordelle, before entering their first U.S. tour alongside Third Root. In 2001, the band again entered the recording studio, delivering
Losing All Hope Is Freedom, their debut album, that same year. Their follow-up,
Burned Alive by Time, appeared late the next year on Eulogy before a spring 2003 split with Xone Fif was issued on Indianola. The covers album
Writer's Block surfaced in early 2004, which featured
Evergreen tackling songs by a range of bands, including
Operation Ivy,
Tears for Fears,
U2, and
Smashing Pumpkins. Early demos and random live cuts were compiled that same year for
At Our Worst. Their next proper full-length, the screamo-tinged
Sincerity Is an Easy Disguise in This Business, was released in June 2005. That same year,
Kyle Mims (ex-
Love Is Red) entered on drums. Part of summer 2006 was spent on the Sounds of the Underground tour alongside heavy-hitters like
Terror,
GWAR,
In Flames, and
As I Lay Dying before hooking up with
Throwdown and
Zao that fall. All of this activity paid off by early 2007 in the form of a deal with Metal Blade, which released
Wolfbiker that summer. ~ Mario Mesquita Borges, All Music Guide